Bochotnica, Middle Vistula Valley-marly opoka (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.3° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Belemnella kazimiroviensis (Mg2) zone, opaka Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Horizon 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, gray, yellow, cherty/siliceous marl

• yellowish-gray to gray siliceous marl, moderately hard, highly fossiliferous.

•Sandy marly opoka, slightly glauconitic, in the uppermost part of the Maastrichtian

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 1986. Maastrichtian non-cephalopod mollusks: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda and Bivalvia of the Middle Vistula Valley, central Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 36(1-3):69-224 [W. Kiessling/M. Apel/M. Apel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28080: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 23.01.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala decorata
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Tibia laevis
Tibia laevis true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus substenoptera, Arrhoges (Latiala) pelecyphora, ? Aporrhais sp.
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
Aporrhais (?) sp. indet.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium paucicostatum
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus tricarinatus
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochocanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana inversistriata
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea mandibula
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya designata, Pholadomya kasimiri, Pholadomya salzbergensis, Pholadomya (Procardia) decussata
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha aequivalvis
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Gyropleura inequirostrata
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis ventricosa
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis rhomboidalis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus, "Mimachlamys critosa" = Chlamys (Mimachlamys), Mimachlamys denticulata, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, "Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
"Mimachlamys critosa" = Chlamys (Mimachlamys) scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa cretosa
Mimachlamys denticulata Hagenow 1842 scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa denticulata
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus Alth 1850 scallop
more than 600 seperate valves from Kazimierz, Janowiec nad the majotity from Nasilow, Bochotnica
"Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma hoperi
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema nilsoni, Entolium membranaceum
Syncyclonema nilsoni Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Hyotissa semiplana
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea
Tenuipteria argentea Conrad 1858 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus, "Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus mussel
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni
"Paracraticularia fittoni" = Laocoetis fittoni Mantell 1822 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites convolutus
Ventriculites convolutus Hinde 1883 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes alveolites, Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis n. sp., Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis
Aphrocallistes alveolites Roemer 1841 glass sponge
Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis n. sp. Hurcewicz 1968 glass sponge
Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis Hurcewicz 1968 glass sponge